Can It Run Crysis? The Only Steam Deck Question That Matters Finally Answered

When Alex Battaglia got his hands on a Steam Deck, this was inevitable, right? So, can the Steam Deck really run Crysis? And if so, what type of optimised settings produce the best performance? What's the best balance of features and battery life... and what about 60fps?
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[@jerrodkilla23]

Man at this point I think DF has made more videos about Crysis than Crytek.

[@romulino]

For sure

[@BoshBargnani]

Lol, I still don't think it's suprassed rise of the tomb Raider.

[@raresmacovei8382]

@@BoshBargnani Still upset they never did a final One X video for Rise though, lol.

[@DanielAlvarez-iw8hr]

@@raresmacovei8382 what Rise?

[@3dmarth]

No kidding- DF barely makes any videos about Crytek. ;)

[@leonstansfield]

'the steam deck doesnt like it... or maybe it does' This is such a philosophical question... do computers like computing? Should we always run our games at 3FPS/max settings?

[@Abishek_Muthian]

Great! Now I have to worry about the existential crysis :P of my computer along with mine.

[@richardhunter9779]

It's a goddamn machine, mr liberal arts degree.

[@maxpayne69.]

@@richardhunter9779 no shit Sherlock! Do people take everything at face value nowdays?

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Considering how computing makes them run hotter... Dear God: COMPUTING IS SEX FOR A COMPUTER!! Pushing your hardware to the point of it running out of memory and blue screening is just it climaxing.

[@p1nkfreud]

@@richardhunter9779 considering we have a very poor understanding of a biological machine’s consciousness (human), with our best explanation being random quantum phenomenon in our brain’s micro tubules (which resemble transistors functionally) I think the question of whether silicon machines have consciousness is valid

[@DeepWeeb]

The video I want to see the most about the Steam Deck is how the worst-performing games on the Nintendo Switch run on it (apples to apples comparison), especially the once-been exclusives like Octopath Traveler, Daemon X Machina, Monster Hunter Rise and soonly No More Heroes 3

[@josueayala1249]

As someone who loves NMH3 about as much as I hate the performance of NMH3, I too would be intrigued by a side-by-side comparison

[@dewinter1411]

Just being a handheld does not make it an apples to apples comparison. There is very different technology under the hood of each system. I’m a Nintendo lover and absolutely love my Switch but even I can admit the Steam Deck is way more meatier under the hood. Definitely not apples to apples.

[@josueayala1249]

@@dewinter1411 Well, no. But people make comparisons between console and PC all the time. The biggest difference is that this is a highly specific PC build.

[@CricetoFunni]

@@dewinter1411 Of course the Deck isn't like a Switch. They aren't similar in terms of power or architecture but the comparison would be interesting considering the similarities they _do_ have, such as a similar price point, and both being handheld devices capable of playing modern games, which is a very limited market, aside from 1000-dollar Windows handhelds it's basically just the Deck and Switch which makes it a naturally interesting comparison.

[@mikeoes1]

@@dewinter1411 he means apple to apples in terms of same game (being the same apple), he wants to see how much better they will perform with the extra power.

[@graemetimmins]

I laughed too hard at “Performance so high, you can count the frames in real-time, with one hand.”

[@TheCoolDave]

Same here...I totally lost it...

[@Jucelegario]

Fortnite level greens are nothing to be proud of. Effin zoomers and devs catering to them.

[@CounterFlow64]

@@Jucelegario what

[@user-od1uy7yi2l]

2:52

[@paulooliveiracastro]

Can't wait for the 40hz screen setting. Seems like it could really help here.

[@originalulix]

Wait, they're doing a 40hz setting? That's amazing.

[@liamness]

Yeah. I've tested out 40Hz on my 120Hz TV just for curiosity, and it wierdly feels closer to 60 than 30, to me. So I think there are probably lots of games that I couldn't bear to play at 30 but would be fine with it at 40. I think that would be even more true on a small screen like the Deck's.

[@startedtech]

@@originalulix Yep, a dev confirmed it on Twitter! He said they're working on making the screen blanking time shorter when switching refresh rates, so presumably as soon as they figure that out it's ready!

[@pdelvod]

@@liamness 40hz is exactly in between 30hz and 60hz in terms of frame times. 30hz is 33.33ms, 40hz is 25ms and 60hz is 16.67ms

[@ItsAkile]

If this is happening, Sick! my main request was VRR or 40/50hz setting for the display, this solves the issue most games will be able to lock 40Hz

[@Zveebo]

Loved the post-credits ending, with Alex living his absolute best life.

[@alexsilva28]

Crysis on the bathtub, what a time to be alive gentlemen

[@niks660097]

@@alexsilva28 wrong channel, but it's fine..

[@ianharris3502]

Very brave of him to hold it with one hand

[@Ziltoid_Knows]

I completely did not expect that ending, but it really was perfect 😂🤣

[@lee-suhuang5326]

I want to know if steam deck is waterproof!

[@theyouth2000]

@@lee-suhuang5326 you beat me to it!

[@cldpt]

a treat for the girls... if there were any on the internet

[@freddywayne]

@@cldpt - 😬 Uhh...not. Alex Battaglia is part of the LGBTQ 🌈 community.

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

Alex found his happy place :)

[@Anna_Rae]

Wow, this is pretty awesome. I definitely want more videos like this. Super cool to see what compromises you can make for a handheld.

[@mikeslemonade]

It can’t run it in a respectable resolution

[@The_Ostrich]

Should have done a comparison with the Switch version, would have been interesting.

[@originalulix]

Yes please

[@Ray-dl5mp]

Problem is I don’t think Alex cares or has Nintendo stuff. But yes he should compare both.

[@xzraiderzx308]

@@anasevi9456 I assure you the tiny Aerith APU in the Deck is much more efficient than the high end builds of the mid 2000s

[@eduardbass839]

@@anasevi9456 steam deck has the power of a gtx 950 which is trice stronger than a 8800 but yeah I see your point. Still 2013 not 2006

[@rexthewolf3149]

@UCVCQhFe26__8b2rjLrJmICQ heating thats why the more powerful your system not only do you draw new to draw more power but your parts get warmer which means you need to have better cooling. Especially on a portable. You don’t want to burn the users hands or just have the inside just melt.

[@concinnus]

Capping to 30fps seems fine, given the original ran at like 20. But a working in-game cap at 40 would be ideal.

[@TeamGun]

Original didn't run at 20...tf?

[@MunkeyChips]

@@TeamGun On my crappy laptop, it did, at 1024x768, while looking a lot worse.

[@windownpc39]

Yeah ever since I watched DF’s ratchet video it’s like a part of my brain expanded at the idea of 40fps on a 40hz display. Sounds awesome and I wish it was a widely available thing.

[@pdk-qx9yg]

A 40fps cap wouldn't look good unless they are able to to downclock the Deck's screen to 40hz. 40fps on a 60hz display will lead to incorrect frame delivery. However, Valve has said they are working on getting the screen to downclock to 40hz so that 40fps would still look smooth. I also believe the Phawx got it working in Windows, so that's a positive indication for SteamOS.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

@@TeamGun play any of the crisis games on the xbox 360 lol. They definitely ran at really poor framerates.

[@M3troid.]

One of the great questions of the humanity. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Can it run Crysis?

[@Goodbutevilgenius]

Can it run Doom?

[@Booksds]

Can Cotton-Eye Joe run Crysis?

[@JDSPonYT]

Would be nice to see 40FPS targets as Valve devs have tweeted theyre looking into adding a 40Hz screen refresh rate option

[@mindfuloftech]

The tag on the end was so good! Great work as always, Alex. Ta.

[@simonrockstream]

Would love to see a video like this about Red Dead Redemption 2 running on the Steam Deck

[@isaaclanier1507]

There’s other videos of it online. Seems to run well actually

[@optchurch1402]

Loving the Steam deck, playing doom eternal at 60fps on high settings has to be seen to believed, playing halo on the go too. Classic 90's to 2010 games run really well on the system, I absolutely love this machine

[@Hostilenemy]

What are we doing, Alex. We're dropping like flies!

[@epicnoble]

It will be awesome when the Steam OS supports 40 Hz locked on the screen, and a locked 40 frames option. I know Valve is working on this in an upcoming branch which would work perfectly for your settings too.

[@deus_nsf]

Can the panel itself be set to 40 Hz though? Usually 60 Hz panels can do 50 Hz but rarely 40 Hz. 24/48 Hz would be really great too for apps like netflix and such. This is why the next revision has to be 120 Hz and adaptive sync. And OLED too (better quality and saves battery life compared to LCD).

[@darexas1602]

@@deus_nsf Maybe. My very old laptop supports 60 hertz as well as 40 hertz. I used it sometimes with Vsync and it was okay.

[@kupokinzyt]

@@deus_nsf I don't know if it has anything to do with this, but my Quest 2 launched at 75hz, updated to 90hz and can now do 120hz natively.

[@epicnoble]

@@deus_nsf hey currently in windows you can set the screen at 40 hz but they are working on it natively to be supported in an upcoming branch for SteamOS

[@jorge69696]

It needs a VRS display.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

IMO, the Steam Deck is similar to a console in that its a known set of hardware. I'd love to see it included with the other consoles (i.e. PS5/Series X/Steam Deck/Switch).

[@wiegraf9009]

Performance can also be quite different than Windows PCs, like we saw with Elden Ring

[@oror3751]

The gpu is around rx460 4gb in performance which is a bit slower than 1050

[@ADreamingTraveler]

I read that devs are able to make it so specific files are downloaded if you're on a Steam Deck. So if you want to optimize specifically for Steam deck you can. Or if you want to make the download file size lower by not including every language pack then you can do that too

[@The_RedVIII]

I wish there was a gamelist somewhere that gives info about optimal settings for various games to run on Steamdeck. That would be great. For now, I hope you are doing more Steamdeck videos, Alex. Maybe like a rapid fire round of optimal setting for various AAA games would be really great.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Would require a ton of work... Ooooor they could make some kind of a "dynamic comparison" of similarly powered hardware benchmarks for games and just webscrabe the web to find references of that similar hardware's performance on certain games.

[@callumohare]

This video got some legit laughs out me me. Can tell you had fun with this one Alex ❤ Only thing missing was Switch comparison which coulda been interesting, but we already know how it looks and runs so doesn't even actually matter. Thanks king 👑

[@O_Shag_Hennessy]

Alex, I just enjoy watching any of your videos. The Steamdeck by definition is a PC, and you always bring competence and enjoyment to all of your videos!

[@matthewcullen3486]

Even though he's still relatively new. I cannot imagine digital foundry without Alex.

[@penumbra1572]

Alex has been here for like 3 years at least lol

[@Demmrir]

Am I being gaslit? He's been on the channel as long as I've been watching it.

[@offspringfan89]

Same. John is my favourite member of course, but Alex gives him a run for his money, they have really good chemistry together.

[@gminor6288]

He's not as comfortable in the three way convos they do but he sure knows his shit

[@RJ-91]

I think there all great at there narrating, a good bunch of guys, that know what there on about.

[@TheGamer77x]

Why is it so fun watching DF videos about Crysis ? every new video is like a holiday for me XD Bring that Crysis 4 Crytek!

[@m1ster1nd1go]

Great video Alex, looking forward to more Steam Deck content from you and the team.

[@luigipongo]

Man, this review really makes you think about, how great of a port Crysis on Nintendo Switch is. I recently bought the trilogy and I'm constantly blown away because of how amazing the graphics look, given it's TDP and form factor. I also have to say that it looks particularly awesome on Switch's OLED screen. Lastest patches increased docked resolution to 900p and brought back things like the motion blur intensity setting and Parallax Oclusion Mapping, that were missing when it first released. But, enough about the Switch haha. Great review, Alex! The future looks amazing for the Steam Deck and portable gaming!

[@Crazyfayze]

I'd like to see how the steam deck handles witcher 3. And then a comparison to the switch version.

[@ranchonbread4905]

There are multiple videos with Witcher 3 on Steam Deck (though not as in depth as Digital Foundry). With a mix of medium to high, you can lock it to 60fps with great detail and good draw distances

[@jaroslavmrazek5752]

Yep, i saw multiple videos of steam deck running witcher 3 at high settings around 40fps ish, switch looks like absolute potato in comparison, i said it since the switch was released back then, it aint powerful enough to play future games on the go and i say that as a switch owner, thats why i ordered the steam deck for my travels and will sell the switch instantly as i get it.

[@johnhorak2000]

There is no comparison. Quality in grqphical fidelity and fps is pretty huge there.

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Witcher 3 can do 60fps on most high settings. The issue with Crysis Remastered is it was a very bad remaster and struggles on tons of platforms lol

[@caleasthetic]

@@ADreamingTraveler On pc they butchered the mouse settings by using mouse acceleration. Cant think why people like that to be honest. If it was an option that you could toggle on or of it would be fine. but it is foced. I just installed the original though xbox gamepass and added that to steam to make a gyro config and flickstick. Atleast the original has raw mouse input. I just cant understand why so many pc ports get mouse acceleration. People complain about it all the time. Like with god of war, before they patched after a huge backlash, Developers cant seem to make good pc ports anymore. A pc game needs to be judged by pc standards. This peans a few measly things. 1 raw mouse input. 2 mixed inputs. 3 every key needs to be rebindable. 4 It needs to run good at most pc setups (wich is the hardest thing to do).

[@WuschelWolf]

Would definitely love to see more videos with optimized deck settings like this one.

[@8Paul7]

I kinda hope Alex will provide Steam Deck optimized settings in every future game analysis video. Would be very helpful.

[@spencerl9897]

I think all that was missing was a mention of the switch version, otherwise an excellent video!

[@mademedothis424]

Yeah, a direct comparison to Switch when a port is available would be really interesting. The Deck is.... not a console, and I've been impressed by how well dedicated Switch ports hold up against the Deck sometimes, so that's not a trivial data point on this version of the hardware.

[@spencerl9897]

@@mademedothis424 it doesn’t even have to be a very serious comparison, just a quick reminder of what the standard handheld’s visuals are at

[@mademedothis424]

@@spencerl9897 Yeah, I think just having the fame data side by side on a comparable section would be great. I think it'd show many unexpected results.

[@mrbeanbeany]

Gotta love the old steam meme of bad rats being installed. Also Forgive Me Father is great so far, but I'm only a couple levels in. Good job all around, Alex.

[@migueternum]

the shots of you playing it while being seated down are good Alex, i really enjoyed this video, please do more of this!

[@rickyrich93]

By far the most entertaining and funny DF video from Alex ever. I really enjoyed it! I hope we get more like it

[@soldieroftafari]

This was HILARIOUS! Great work!

[@Bleaky4life]

Great video! It would be neat to see how the steam deck compares to the switch in applicable games given that they are both handhelds.

[@VariantAEC]

And it starts at around the same price, is only a little bit larger, has a larger library and way more performance under the hood. Hm, I wonder why does DF keeps putting off Deck X Switch comparisons?

[@DeepWeeb]

@@VariantAEC They already get enough heat from Nintendo fans whenever they spill the beans on the performance of the Nintendo Switch (be multi-platform releases ported to Switch or even exclusive games)

[@VariantAEC]

@@DeepWeeb No excuse for not covering it. I guess DF isn't really impartial though.

[@DeepWeeb]

@@VariantAEC I mean, considering how Nintendo fans at large have reacted to the Steam Deck, a side-by-side video might come across as a direct affront to them. It's funny how these people keep repeating to themselves that the Deck poses no threat to the Switch but still get very defensive when highlighting the advantages one has over the other.🤔

[@VariantAEC]

@@DeepWeeb For real. Have to agree with the ninty fans on one point though. Steam Deck isn't direct competition for Nintendo. It's Microsoft's direct competition and as a person who loves tech but hates the PC as a platform for gaming... I hope the Steam Deck does well.

[@Corybander]

Informative and useful. Offering up your settings and logic is brilliant. Your professionality is delightful and your production values are excellent. Thank you for this video.

[@ahsankhan-zg6gr]

Solid video Great bit at the end for the optimized settings

[@EternalExquisite]

Did someone say “Can it run Tetris?”

[@johnsmith-ck4qt]

I hope i will see the day when you guys do a tech breakdown of Crysis 4.

[@SITSIndustries]

There's a growing sense of fun and confidence from Alex's video-making craft, especially in this video.

[@chrismuoio1]

Love hearing what settings to focus on optimizing for the hardware/battery

[@originalambival]

Would love to see the impact of SD's OS-level FSR settings on your recommended settings!

[@startedtech]

I've gotta say I'm impressed with how well FSR works on the Steam Deck. Not the biggest fan of it on my 27" 1440p monitor, but it does a great job when running games at 1024x640 and upscaling to 1280x800. Significant sharpness difference and it doesn't look artificially sharp or anything.

[@219SilverChoc]

@@startedtech Huh, didnt know you could use FSR on custom resolutions, thought it was just 960x540?

[@originalambival]

@@startedtech Agreed. I've been using it in a variety of settings and on a smaller screen, it's actually very reasonable!

[@johngalactus4014]

Yes it can. Imagine the game that brought mighty desktop PCs to its knees... now runs in the palm of your hands!

[@teddyroosevelt8067]

power of the ability to run the crysis... in the palm of my hand!

[@DakinRinone]

@@teddyroosevelt8067 I call my dick crysis.. so I guess it's been running in the palm of my hand for a good minute now lol

[@fulgenzio89]

It already did, on Nintendo Switch

[@bulletpunch9317]

Android phones can run crysis either through eggns or exagear, fps on eggns is still pretty bad on the latest flagship, 15-20.

[@bjornspindel6249]

I don't think a Palm Pilot can run Crysis

[@FatalExit]

Amazing video! Can't wait to get mine (hopefully in July). I don't think it really fits your content style, but I'd really love to see someone picking up some games that the Deck's control scheme wouldn't be immediately suited to like RTS games, complex simulators etc, and pushing how far you could make those games "Fun to Play" (control scheme wise) on the Deck.

[@DyrmishiStyle]

This video was great! I loved all the points discussed and the optimal settings are an awesome bonus!Hope to see more Steam Deck video in the future. Great job Alex ❤️ as always

[@TilSkywalker]

Imagine being a Steamdeck being sent to the Battaglia mansion... You know that you are about to experience some Crysis-BSDM

[@raresmacovei8382]

Alex, how come you didn't play with TAA + FSR ? The TAA implementation in Crysis 1 Remastered is superb IMO. Extremely clean and stable image and one of the most needed upgrades for the original, given all the shimmery vegetation and some of the shader aliasing. FSR just for cleaning up the image when running from 360 or 540p

[@piyh3962]

The TAA in Elden Ring is really good with the only noticeable artifact is moving distant enemies looking worse than no AA

[@forasago]

FSR from a lower res might be worth looking into. TAA not so much since it's rather expensive in Crysis Remastered.

[@alexanderbattaglia6048]

I do not like the Low res sharpened aliased look here with the vegetation when going subnative with FSR

[@JZF629]

You work really really hard on your videos. Thank you for what you do, it’s genuinely helpful and very appreciated

[@HrabiaKaczula]

I'm getting the Steam Deck today, so perfect timing for the video. Keep them coming DF!

[@pixelperfectpizza]

Take notes Marvel, that's how you do a post-credits scene.

[@lovehatecomments]

The simple fact that there is a great handheld pc today that can run Crysis at a decent playable setting is a clear win in my book for pc gaming's future.

[@rideroundandstuff]

Crysis ran on the PS3 so it's not thaaat much of an achievement.

[@akaimizu1]

@@rideroundandstuff True. I think *running* Crysis pretty much stopped being in question since at least since 2015. When the Tegra X1 started running it.

[@lovehatecomments]

@@rideroundandstuff I think it's more a testament to a handheld gaming pc than the Crysis part. The game could be interchangeable in this example. The steam deck itself is the highlight.

[@romulino]

Very interesting video like always. This little beast performance keeps amazing me. Thank you Alex and DF.

[@jameswalt1]

Loved it Alex! I would have loved to see a brief image quality/performance comparison to the Switch version ❤️

[@Alex-nl5cy]

This sounds like it would be a good use-case for the 50hz refresh mode you've speculated about before.

[@startedtech]

It's more than speculation at this point, a dev on Twitter said they're working on switchable refresh rates but they have to improve the screen blanking time.

[@219SilverChoc]

50hz is probably abit too high here, 45 or 40hz would be a better bet. The only issue is that you would want to make sure FPS is consistent as the drop would be to Half the refresh rate, instead of being from a Third from Half (eg: 30fps cap at 60hz) or a Quater from a Third (eg: 40fps cap at 120hz).

[@xenomorphlover]

Who would have thought in 2007 that one day we can run Crysis on a hand-held device...

[@GSG-io8zp]

At least a few people

[@Games-tx1zc]

TBF, the Switch has a Crysia port.

[@fulgenzio89]

In 2007 I was hoping for a DS port 😢

[@joachims.119]

The real benchmark comes in, when you reach the ice and the alienship - that's where my PC frames dropped to the 10s back in the day.

[@Xirpzy]

Crazy to hear that music again. great video :)

[@DidoInFlames]

Please compare Steam Deck vs Switch version of Crysis i know Steam Deck is more powerful but i'm curious to see the big difference.

[@ViceCommando]

Price of these devices is the biggest difference.

[@antonkirilenko3116]

@@ViceCommando Not as big as the performance difference.

[@beegyoshi6525]

Shouldve compared to the Switch

[@scuppo]

Switch would win

[@teehundeart]

@@scuppo lol no. I have Crysis 1 on Switch. It's like 480p at low settings with regular drops below 30fps compared to stable 720p30fps with medium settings on Steam Deck.

[@AlexQuested]

Great Video - would just love to see more steam deck video’s with other titles like this and optimized settings. I made my steam deck dual bootable and am running windows game pass games on it and so far have been really impressed with the performance.

[@RafaelSolMaker]

Awesome vid, as always! I would love to see some idTech on Deck and also more comparisons with Nintendo Switch ports, if possible. CryEngine wasn't half bad there, I imagine if games like Prey (2017) would run well too.

[@IESUproductions]

It's worth noting that Crysis Remastered has a 30 fps cap usable without console commands (which works great for me on my 5 year old gtx 980m). I wonder why they didn't mention it.

[@mademedothis424]

They did. Said there's worse frame pacing using it.

[@kobra6660]

Now that would be an achievement and would make steam deck sales explode if crysis could somehow run on this

[@crithon]

wow, a minute 20 in, that was shorter than I expected. And you didn't need to do the VTOL mission. Fun video!

[@tf2293]

Yes! More of these.. Nice work!

[@BAYDROID]

If Switch can run Crysis, this hardware can. Crysis aren't the benchmark anymore

[@durrclips746]

540p, lowest settings. What a powerhouse the steam deck is.

[@malathomas6141]

That was to try to get 60fps but he did 720p medium to high with a locked 30fps

[@jayjohnson8430]

A lot of fun was had in the making of this video.

[@czbrat]

3:05 we don't kink shame here at digital foundry

[@TheRealPlato]

thx alex overall great script, only thing I disliked was the composited framing e.g. 13:38. I like how you factor the battery life into optimized settings. Be sure to specify which steam deck SKU you are testing on as they have different storage

[@ChickenBob70]

“This is about Quake on a 386 performance” took me back (been there and done that) and likely had a number of people wondering what that reference was about.

[@Winnetou64]

Great video as always, Alex! More of that please! ❤

[@mx2dy]

1:16 the music is from Commander Keen 4 in the world between choosing levels

[@JohnHolmesYS]

That small clip of Commander Keen music tickled my brain

[@finlaymartins272]

These video are great, would love to see more to get the most out of the Deck!

[@Nobutehuhh]

Glad the 1 to 1 pixel ratio change was highlighted.

[@chrisogrady28]

This casual comedic vibe is exactly what I'm looking for

[@Mantenner]

Loved it Alex, would be very interested in more Steam Deck content.

[@mvgiacomello]

More of these videos, please! 🙏

[@MeneMrMustard]

Great video. I will literally never own a Steam Deck and I've never played Crysis, but the video was still entertaining and informative. I also liked seeing a bit more humor and personality injected into this one. Quality content.

[@Orz091]

Hi Alex. Thank you so much for this first Steam Deck video. I Hope you will do more and more in a near future. See you 😉

[@84jesterx]

Loved the intro and outro. I would totally love to see more tests. Like what you preferred games akin to Witcher 3 to be optimized at, and other games that are still at the (unknown) verification classification. Halo MCC for example, which I got Reach to work well on my wife's Deck. Maybe some certain Sega/Atlus games?

[@alexsilva28]

Portable Halo Reach. Man, if only you would've told my 13 yo self that would be possible in the future

[@hommie126]

You did great reviewing this. :)

[@3dmarth]

Great to see a detailed, serious look at how the performance holds up at 60fps, even if the Deck can't quite cut it. And battery life aside, the results aren't really too terrible... maybe at 480p, the settings could be turned up to reduce pop-in ever so slightly. (I know that's a really low resolution, but it's the same as the Wii U gamepad... or multiple times better than the DS or 3DS!)

[@quacktuber1051]

Love the retro game angle. :)

[@Aztechnology.]

That opening. Watching now.

[@selohcin]

Good video, Alex. I must confess I laughed pretty hard at that opening pun. It was so ridiculous but so funny.

[@TrashfordKent]

Just FYI the original version seems to work now. I believe it’s delisted from steam but if you’ve your old version it should just work. The only odd thing is select the radio button when it starts that has no text next to it.

[@windownpc39]

Oooh, whatever room you were playing the Steam Deck in during the timelapse had a dynamic day/night cycle, Alex! Good stuff. Anyways, this is a cool video.

[@BurritoKingdom]

The thirst trap at the end 😍

[@DNFHistory]

Keep them coming Alex!

[@Taorakis]

You put some good work in there. Question: do your settings, with the overhead of 30fps also work in native 1280x800 resolution? Because it looks like it just might, and for a bit more screen space i'd sacrifise some batterylife.

[@AaronLaye]

Would love to see more Steam Deck content! Great video!

[@rickjamesia]

I know you say it's not quite good enough at those super low settings, but I remember playing shooters on DS and PSP and from that perspective, this looks phenomenal.

[@windownpc39]

“…and the Steam Deck is definitely not liking it; or maybe it is!” That got me.

[@wsjudd]

Can't believe the Only Fans exclusive was accidentally included at the end of the video.

[@BuzzaB77]

lol the bath scene. classier choice than one filmed sat on the can at least.

[@eternalbeing3339]

This is a helpful video. Since I mainly plan on using my steam deck for emulation.

[@animatron95]

Great stuff. I wonder, what was your experiences with fan? How loud it is in 30 fps ?

[@MattBee84]

Wasn't prepared for that outro. 1 handed over the water I can't deal with.

[@Karspankey]

I would like to possibly see optimized settings go into tdp limits and clock limits as well! Maybe more battery life could be extracted with reductions to those!